West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-08-18

settled up. How soon the auctioneor's males
ca. can knock the life out OF an estata A man
thihKS the proDerty is worth Si5 On: under
forced sale IL BRINGS 81. 900. The business
man takes advantage OF the crisis and no
compes tho widow OF his deceased mart
ner 70 sell out 10 him at a ruinous
p or Ipse all The stock was sup
posi- 70 be very valuable but II has
Deen so "watered" that when the executor
tries TO sell IL he Is laughed out of Wall street
or the administrator is ordered by tho surro,
- ,, 20 VIM up the whole affair. The estate
WIS supposed nj the mans death 30 be worth
Sp,,Op; but after the Indebtedness had baen
met, and the bills OF tho doctor and the nm.
dertaker and tho tombstone cutter have been
paid, there is nothing left That means the
children arc to come homo from school and
go 20 work. That means tho complete borJI
snip ~ tho wife, turned ont with nothing bnt
n needle 20 flght the great battle of the world
Tear down the lambre1uns, close the piano
rip mp the Administer sell ont tho ,yor4roto'
and let the mother take "A child i'm oocb bond
aud trudge out into the desert OF tho ,yorlJ
that ''nuoreu All
But, says some one CT am n man OF srnau
means, and can't afford 10 INV tho me-
ihh mat rs sometimes lawful and n conn,
Inc excuse, and there is no answer IN n? INT
IN nine cases out of ten when n man says that
he smokes up i'm cigars and drinks do,y,, -,
WINE, and exp'nds in luXuries enough money
10 nave paid the premium on n life Insurance.
PoHVy Whlch would have kept his family from,
oeggary when he is dead. A man ought 10
put himself down on the strictest economy
H TIlll ne can meet this Christian necessity.
GU have no right TO the luxuries of life mn
tll YOU have made such provision admire
what was said by Rev. DR. Guthrie the o,reat
scottish preacher. A few years before bis
ueath ne stood in public meeting and de
clnred; when | came 10 Edinbur9h tbo moo
pie sometimes laughed at my black stock{r,s
ana at my cotton umbrella, and they said I
looked like common plowman md they do
Tldei me because lived in house for which
L pad &25 year rent and oCtnnfirnos I
walked when | would have been very dad 10
nave a CAP; but gentlemen, / did ali that no
Cause wanted 20 pay the premium ON a life
f 5nsurahce 9, that would keep my family com
the right expression OF an honest intoIIi
gent, Christian man
The utter indifference of many neonIo nm
TINS important subject accounts Tor much Of
the crime and the pauperism of the DIV
Who are these children syyeeDiuo, tho cr1sy
lnSS with broken broom and begging of Won
penny as you go byl Who ars tbese lost
sous gliding under the gasight I'm thin
shawlSi An, they are the victims of want.
Al M many OF the cases the forecast of parents
anu grandparents might have prohibited il
God only knows how they struggled to do
Iight They prayed until tbs tears froze On,
Ihelr cheeks, they sewed on the sack until tho
o OleahihS OF the day; but they could not get
enough money TO pay the rent. thew
could not get enough money To d.
Gently clothe Themselves: and one day
III tnaO Wfetched home the angel of
purity and the angel OF crime fought
a great fight between the empty broad tIav
and the ireless hearth, and the blackyyinee1
anger shlleked: Aha l have won the dav ~
says some man: 1 believe what Won saw.
~ u IighO ana christian, and / mean some
time 70 attend TO this mattern Nv friend
you are going to lose the comfort of vouIr,
household in the same way the sinner Ioses
nelVen, by procrastination. l see all
AROUND me the destitute and suffering families
OF parents who meant some dnv 10 attend
10 this Christian duty During fine nrocaS,
ot adjournment the man gets his feet wet
thcn comes n chill and delirium and tbe
do.etul shake of the doctors head, and the OH
sseqnles. III there be anything more pitiable
Ihana woman delicately brought up. and ON
her marriage day by an indulgent father
gwen 10 man 70 whom she is the chief low
anu pride OF life until the moment OF his death
ana then that same woman going out with
helpless chill ireu at her back to struggle for
bread In world where brawny muScio md
rugged soul arc necessary say, if there no
anything more pitiable than TINT | do NOT
know what 1t Is. And yet there are GOOD
women who are Indifferent i'm regard TO their
huSDands duty in this respect: and there are
those positively hostile, rs THOUGH n life
insurance subjected a man to soma
fatality. There is in Brooklyn today a
Ny PIor woman Keeping a candy shop,
VINO vehementy opposed the insurance
OF ler husbands life, and when application
had been made for policy of Si6O0G She
frustrated IT.. She would never have a doc
u II III the mouse that implied it was pos
Hole Tor her husband ever TO die One day. in
quick revolution of machinery his life was
instantly dashed out What is the seouel3
she Is, with annoying TUG, MAKING the half
Vl miserable living. Her two children have
De'n taken away from her i'm order that thew
may he clothed and schooled and her life Is
10 be a prolonged hardship. o man. before
loIvI eiSAI hours have passed away, appear
aV the desk OF some OF our great life in
surance companies have the Stethoecope 81
the physician put to your heart and limos
and by the seal Of some honest companv DO
cree that your children shall not be Subjected
10 Ihe Illumination OF financial struggle in the
day of your demise.
But must ask the men engaged in life in
surance business whether they feel tine i'm
portance Of their trust, and charge them l
must that they need divine grace to help
them I'm their work. In this day when there
are 50 many riva.ries in your line of BUSH
ness, you Will b. tempted to overstate the
amount OF assets and the extent OF the
surplus, and you will be tempted to
ABUSE the frdnch.s of the company,
ana make up the deficits OF one year by
adilnS some OF the receipts Of another year;
AMI you viii be tempted 70 send out mean.
anonymous circulars darogatory 20 other
companies, fOrgettul Of the fact that anonv- |
nous communication means only two things
line cowardce OF the author and the iuetH- !
n f
% D. datei anywhere save insi OF peni- /
teutarN. Under the mai ghtv pressure many /
nave gone down, aud YOU viii follow them N /
you have too much confidence ion Yourself |
ami do not appeal % the Lord for po-itlve |
he.p but li any Of Won belong 20 that mis- /
cletut class OF people who without any hnnn-
cltl abuty, organize themselves into what |
JheY cal life insurance company. with "a /
pretended capital of SUJUJJ or $4,000 |
tn'n vote yourself into the lucrative position |
ana then take all tho premiums for /
yourself and then, no the approach I
or tle state Sup arntculaut drop all into the /
haud' pi Those life insurance undertHker- /
"n" business DO Is to gather up the remains /
OF peiuu't organizations and bury them in
tneir own touit-tnen. ] -ay, You hal bottar
ket our OF the business, AMI di-g1rye the /
WIDOW houses You have swallowed But my
worn l5 ~ uIl those vino are lezitluatc'y on
Ei-'i Iu tine business You ought 10 be bat
yer tn+n other men, not only bsoausa Of the
It lph-l tues that rest upon you but boz
cai.e ihe truth ls ever confronting YOU On 40
your stay ON earth i- uncertain uuI your life
"a matter or Few days or years. D0uot thuss
Uick edged letters That come into y0tr Office
maze you tlinff Docs not enc DOCTORS core
lieate ON Tho death claim give you % tl-.Ii
our periodicals. your advertisements .
ana even the TYPOGRAPHY Of your policies .
warn YOU That you are mortal Is ..ur ling .
fo your own showing tho eH1uea, t1tf v9s ,
VIII Que GOD. year HT. a' I.i-. q per CONT AFRO
you prepared Tor the t.euau I.ls asfr.unyt .
us ml condemn man m tns fIIynelt
h.F "II .# f.s luur.u1re N'a Insurance
Ihfh. I.F IIe simple reason That nfs whole
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